Module 10: Understanding Hepatitis C
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Module 10: Understanding Hepatitis C
Module 10: Understanding Hepatitis C, Screen 6 of 11
How Is HCV Transmitted?
Hepatitis C is much more contagious than HIV and can live outside the body for up to six weeks. Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood-to-blood contact.
How Is HCV Transmitted?
Hepatitis C is much more contagious than HIV and can live outside the body for up to six weeks. Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood-to-blood contact.
Common Ways HCV Can Be Transmitted
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- Shared needles, syringes, tourniquets, cookers, water, and cottons (the most common means of transmission)
- Shared needles, ink, and other equipment for tattooing and body piercing in settings without access to sterile tatooing or piercing equipment, such as prisons and jails.
- Sexual contact involving blood or bleeding (for example, if fisting results in small anal tears and is then followed by unprotected anal sex)
- Shared razors and toothbrushes
- Accidental needlesticks in health care settings
- Reuse of medical equipment in health care settings without proper sterilization